A memory comes to mind when I was first introduced to the family of visiting Mararet and Dick in their home in Auburn.  I was welcomed with open arms and was immediately accepted into the family.  Mom loved her puzzles and I loved doing them with her when I stayed with her at Wesley Homes when she was recovering from a fall.  My memories will last a lifetime.  If one thing we can give in life is a memory then we have done well.  I'll have memories for a long time!

We moved two houses down from the Fiedler's when I was in the second grade.  I became friends with Sue, and spent countless hours at their home- Margaret (and Dick) were so kind to me; they invited me to stay for dinner so many times, even though they already had four kids of their own!  I remember so many wonderful times in the kitchen with Margaret teaching us to make taffy, waffle cookies and other yummy treats.  She was also a great Camp Fire leader for many years. She was such a kind mother, neighbor and friend, and I will always have such fond memories of her.  I am glad to hear she passed peacefully, and to all the family, I am sorry for your loss.

Marge was one of the kindest, gentlest, and most genuine souls I have ever known. I also enjoyed her sense of humor very much. I couldn't have asked for a better mother-in-law.

Corrie and family:   I had the honor of meeting Margaret in person only once but through my long friendship with Corrie, I feel as though I know her well and have benefited from her wisdom.   I smiled when I read the quote above "In order to have friends..."; how often I have heard those very words from Corrie and how often I have been the benefactor of her mother's advice.   And of course, I often think about her advice of reading books with redeeming social value; she has influenced what I now read.   In these and in so many other ways, she has left her mark on so many of us, including those who only met her once or perhaps know her only through her children.  As you say your final goodbyes this week, I wish you all many heartfelt memories of your mother, wife, and grandmother.  May you be supported by the strength and thoughts of family and friends.

Margaret, sweet Margaret,
where have you gone?

from eternal hills
to Puget Sound

down to Auburn
with your railroad man

park after park with
the four young ones.


Margaret, sweet Margaret,
where have you gone?

with Clayta and Arvilla on
many a trail and track

monthly dinners
to lure children back

taking the grandkids
on trips out and back.


Margaret, sweet Margaret
where have you gone?

with your lovely smile
rarely a frown

memory lane's blockaded
cannot go down

now to a land flowing
with endless ebelskivers
and forever growing memories
of great grandchildren.


Margaret, sweet Margaret,
we miss you so much.

Dear Corrie and the Fiedler Family;  I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family.

Dear Grandpa Dick, Cor, Joan, Diane, Sue and family,  
It is really a big pain in our souls the loss of Grandma Margaret, as I usually name her. I always remember when I met her in Cedar Rapids IA,  back in 1983; when I was with Mike and Cor. Always with a smile on her face and with her very tender, soft and lovely voice always nice.
Then I  saw her again in Minneapolis, around 2006,  and then  she was very preocupied to give us a dinner as a welcome  present sent from grandpa...good moments shared, this time, with my wife and Pablo, my son...She was a very close person.
I thank God I had the chance and luck  to meet her and her family...Good people.
I am praying to God so he will give you the strength to carry this pain and big sadness. She'll be always remembered.
May God have her in His Holly Reign.
Our thoughts, condolences and hugs from far away, Chile.
Love 
Rubén, Alicia, Pablo and Fabian

Dick, Floyd Johnson writing. I was so sorry to read of you and your family's loss. I can't even imagine losing my wife and best friend. I am very pleased however to see you are indeed getting  your "fair share" of the retirement fund.Is the Rainbow Cafe still in downtown, and do you still stop in ? I think the last time I saw you must have been in 1990, at the "Cafe". Sincerely, Floyd Johnson

It has been almost 50 years since i was injected into the life of one of the Lord's charitable angels. When i was placed in the Fiedler home as a Work Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she took me in under her wing as one of her own children with out any hesitation. She went out of her way each and everyday that I was in their home to make me feel like I was part of the family. From that experience during that time of my life she became my other Mother and I will always think of her as "Mom" !  Over the years we have maintained contact with occasional phone calls, Christmas cards with brief notes, and a occasional visit. This beautiful, loving and gracious lady will always and forever hold a very very special place in this heart of mine.
Dick, I hope you and the girls now fully understand, which I think you do, what it was like to share your lives with an angel. Because I sure do!! Those are memories that I will never forget and the footprints she left on my heart and my life. My love to you all, during this difficult time, you will be in my heart and my prayers. 
Michael L. Flaherty

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Margaret Louise Fiedler

February 18, 1929 – February 14, 2016

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